Melicytus

Melicytus
Melicytus ramiflorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Violaceae
Subfamily: Violoideae
Tribe: Rinoreeae
Subtribe: Hymenantherinae
Genus: Melicytus
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (1776)
Synonyms
  • Hymenanthera R.Br. (1818)
  • Solenantha G.Don (1832)
  • Tachites Sol. ex Gaertn. (1788)

Melicytus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Violaceae. Hymenanthera is a synonym. It includes 19 species native to Australia, New Zealand, and the southwestern Pacific.